This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Commerce > Economics Statistics For Economics > Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 8 Index Numbers – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 8 Index Numbers Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Product APrice Index in year 2020 based on year 2019 = 140Price at year 2019 = RM1.50Price at year 2020 = ..... A) 205. B) 210. C) 215. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 210. 2. Additive model of time series does not require the assumption of independence of its components. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The govt. annonces dearness allownce or bonus to its employees on the basis of A) Industrial Output. B) WPI. C) CPI. D) Sensex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CPI. 4. In year 2007, a copy of newspaper was sold at RM1.20. However, in year 2008, a consumer has to pay RM1.50 for the same copy of newspaper. Calculate the price index of the newspaper for the year 2008 based on the year 2007 A) 115. B) 130. C) 120. D) 125. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 125. 5. Correlation coefficientcis equal to ..... of regression coefficients. A) SUM. B) AM. C) AVERAGE. D) GM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GM. 6. A factory produces 8000 cans of drink in the year 2000 and 12000 cans of drink in the year 2001. Calculate the index number for the production of cans of drink in year 2001 based on year 2000. A) 120. B) 130. C) 150. D) 140. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 150. 7. In Paasches price index number weight is considered as A) Quantity in current year. B) Prices in base year. C) Quantity in base year. D) Prices in current year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantity in current year. 8. The term regression was introduced by ..... A) R A Fischer. B) Sir Francis Galton. C) Karl Pearson. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Francis Galton. 9. The consumer price index number for 1981 and 1982 to the base 1974 are 320 and 400 respectively.The consumer price index for 1981 to the base 1982 is A) 80. B) 125. C) 128. D) 85. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80. 10. Quantity Index is called as Volume Index. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The Index No. of the base year is always ..... A) 200. B) 300. C) 100. D) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 12. The following formula of construction of Index No. is constructed by one of the following person, P01= $P01=\\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P1Q0}{\sum_{ }^{ }P0Q0}\times100$ A) Laspeyre's. B) Fisher's. C) Marshall's. D) Paasche's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laspeyre's. 13. What is an index number A) Barometer of performance of an individual. B) Barometer of performance of a country. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer of performance of a country. 14. How many sectors of the economy are represented by 30 stocks of SENSEX? A) 13. B) 18. C) 10. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 15. Product BPrice Index in the year 2020 based on the year 2019 = 125Price at the year 2019 = ..... Price at the year 2020 = RM2.00 A) RM1.70. B) RM1.60. C) RM1.80. D) RM1.90. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RM1.60. 16. A series of numbers which show the relative position is known as A) Relative numbers. B) Absolute numbers. C) Index numbers. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index numbers. 17. The unit that we applied for Index Number is ..... A) KG. B) KM. C) RM. D) No specific unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No specific unit. 18. (HOTS) Based on the year 1995, the index number of an oven for the years 1998 and 2001 are 110 and 130 respectively. Find the index number for the year 2001 based on the year 1998. A) 118.2. B) 117.2. C) 118.18. D) 117.17. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 118.18. 19. If the index for 1990 to the base 1980 is 250, the index number for 1980 to the base 1990 is A) 4000. B) 4. C) 400. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40. 20. In simple aggregate method, the aggregate price of all items in the given year is expressed as percentage of the same in the A) Base year. B) Half yearly. C) Quarterly. D) Current Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Base year. 21. Which index number is used to eliminate the effect of changes in prices on aggregates such as national income, capital formation etc.? A) IAP. B) CPI. C) WPI. D) IIP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WPI. 22. How many coefficients do you need to estimate in a simple linear regression model (One independent variable)? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 23. Price Index Numbers measures the changes in A) Relative changes in prices of commodities between two periods. B) Physical quantity of goods produced. C) Single variable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative changes in prices of commodities between two periods. 24. What letter do we use to represent correlation coefficient? A) H. B) R. C) C. D) P. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R. 25. The Dorbish-Bowley's price index is the A) Geometric mean of Laspeyre's and Paasche's Price indices. B) Arithmetic mean of Laspeyre's and Paasche's Price indices. C) Weighted mean of Laspeyre's and Paasche's Price indices. D) Un weighted mean of Laspeyre's and Paasche's Price indices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arithmetic mean of Laspeyre's and Paasche's Price indices. 26. Equation for Simple aggregative Index Number is ..... A) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0}\times100$. B) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1}\times100$. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0}\times100$. 27. Index number is a special type of A) Measure. B) Average. C) Correlation. D) Dispersion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Average. 28. The index number which uses both Base and Current year quantities is A) Paasches Index Number. B) Laspeyres Index Number. C) Fisher Index Number. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fisher Index Number. 29. Apakah maksud nilai indeks harga 75? A) Berlaku pengurangan harga sebanyak 75%. B) Berlaku pengurangan harga sebanyak 25%. C) Berlaku kenaikan harga sebanyak 75%. D) Berlaku kenaikan harga sebanyak 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berlaku pengurangan harga sebanyak 25%. 30. If all the values are not of equal importance the index number is called A) Simple. B) Weighted. C) Unweighted. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weighted. 31. An overall upward or downward pattern in an annual time series would be contained in which component of the time series? A) Irregular. B) Cyclical. C) Seasonal. D) Trend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trend. 32. In Laspeyre's price index number, weight is considered as A) Prices in current year. B) Quantity in base year. C) Prices in base year. D) Quantity during the current year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantity in base year. 33. The consumer price index in 2000 increases by 80% as compared to the base 1990.A person I 1990 getting Rs 60, 000per annum should now get A) Rs 1, 08, 000 p.a. B) Rs 1, 18, 000 p.a. C) Rs 1, 80, 000 p.a. D) Rs 1, 02, 000 p.a. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rs 1, 08, 000 p.a. 34. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is; A) The independent variable. B) The dependent variable. C) Usually denoted by x. D) Usually denoted by r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dependent variable. 35. The number of students in a school decreased from 1600 students in the year 2017 to 1520 students in the year 2018. Calculate the index number to show the change in the number of students in they year 2018 based on the year 2017. A) 97. B) 98. C) 95. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 95. 36. Aidil's monthly salary in the the year 2012 was RM3780. The index number for Aidil's monthly salary for the year 2012 based on the year 2002 is 315. Calculate Aidil's monthly salary in the year 2002. A) 1000. B) 1200. C) 1600. D) 1400. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1200. 37. ..... index number satisfies both TRT and FRT A) Laspeyre's. B) Fisher's. C) Walsh's. D) Paasche's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fisher's. 38. An Index increased from 100 to 125 from 1995 to 2005. We conclude this is ..... A) An increase of 125%. B) An increase of 25%. C) An decrease of 25%. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase of 25%. 39. Index Numbers are A) Averages. B) Basic Averages. C) Specialized Averages. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specialized Averages. 40. ..... index number takes the geometric mean of quantities of base year and current year as weight A) Paasche's. B) Fisher's. C) Walsh's. D) Laspeyre's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walsh's. 41. Which of the following statements is not true about the selection of the base period? A) It should be a very close period from the current period. B) It should neither be too short nor too long. C) It should be a normal period. D) It should be period for which actual data is available. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It should be a very close period from the current period. 42. Which component of time series refers to erratic time series movements that follow no recognizable or regular pattern? A) Seasonal. B) Cyclical. C) Irregular. D) Trend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 43. Index numbers are used to measure comparative changes A) From time to time. B) From place to place. C) In series expressed in different units. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 44. $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }p_1q_0}{\sum_{ }^{ }p_0q_0}\times100$ A) Paasches Index Number. B) Laspeyres Index Number. C) Fisher Index Number. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laspeyres Index Number. 45. Which of the following is used to denote prices in the base period A) 1. B) 10. C) 01. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 46. The number of theft cases in the year 2009 was 1200 and the index number that represents the number of theft cases is 80 using the year 2008 as the base year. Find the number of theft cases in the year 2008 A) 1300. B) 1400. C) 1500. D) 1600. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1500. 47. Index numbers can be used for A) Wage fixing. B) Price fixing. C) Match fixing. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wage fixing. 48. Kira indeks harga rumah, jika harga rumah pada tahun 2019 dan tahun 2021 ialah RM 480 000 dan RM 540 000. A) 12.5. B) 11.11. C) 112.5. D) 88.89. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 112.5. 49. The number of fatal accidents cases in the year 2005 was 210 and the index that represents the number of fatal accidents cases was 84 by using 1998 as the base year. Find the number of fatal accidents cases in the year 1998. A) 250. B) 230. C) 370. D) 190. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 250. 50. Using the year 2002 as the base year, the price index of a certain brand of printer in the year 2006 was 75. Calculate the price of the similar printer in the year 2002 if its price in the year 2006 was RM350. A) RM356. B) RM425. C) RM392. D) RM467. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RM467. 51. Example for a weighted Index Number A) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0}\times100$. B) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1}\times100$. C) None of these. D) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1Q_0}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0Q_0}\times100$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{\sum_{ }^{ }P_1Q_0}{\sum_{ }^{ }P_0Q_0}\times100$. 52. The admission of students in a school according to the Science stream and the Arts stream follows the ratio 60:40. Given that the admission index of students according to the Science stream and the Arts stream in the year 2019 based on the year 2015 was 120 and 130 respectively. Find the composite index for the admission of students in the school in the year based on 2019 and 2015. A) 124. B) 132. C) 200. D) 150. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 124. 53. An index number of 150 indicates that value is ..... times that of the base period value. A) 150. B) 1.5. C) 50. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.5. 54. Which index number is called as ideal index number A) Kelly's. B) Laspeyre's. C) Paasche's. D) Fisher's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fisher's. 55. Moving averages are useful in identifying ..... component. A) Seasonal. B) Irregular. C) Trend. D) Cyclical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trend. 56. The Laspeyres price index A) Regards the current year quantities as weight. B) Regards the base year quantities as weight. C) Regards base year prices as weight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regards the base year quantities as weight. 57. A certain model of handphone cost RM500 in the year 2004 and RM420 in the year 2006. Calculate the price index of that model of handphone in the year 2006 based on the year 2004. A) 92. B) 101. C) 84. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 84. 58. Which of the following can't be a component of time series? A) Cyclical. B) Seasonality. C) Trend. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 59. Index number is always expressed in A) Ratio. B) Percentage. C) Proportion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Percentage. 60. Regression line is also called A) Estimating equation. B) Prediction equation. C) Line of average relationship. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 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